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Banwarilal Purohit

Tamil Nadu Governor quotes excerpt from Rig Veda, bats for solar power

Governor Purohit said the Rig Veda (3.2.3) talked about the multiple technologies developed from solar energy for long...

17 Oct 2017 6:18 AM IST

Vice president Venkaiah Naidu commissions 400 kwp Solar Power Plant at Raj Bhavan. TN governor Banwarilal Purohit, CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Ch. Vidyasagar Rao, Governor of Maharashtra also seen. (Photo: DC)

Governors are not political parallel power centres': Venkaiah Naidu

Venkaiah stresses on need for stable govt in TN.

17 Oct 2017 6:17 AM IST

Madras High Court

Action against TNSTC driver for not renewing licence

Amicus Curiae report seek special investigation by CBI.

17 Oct 2017 1:49 AM IST

Ahead of Deepavali, Egmore railway station is packed with passengers on Monday (Photo: DC)

Tamil Nadu transport department earns Rs 8 crore for special bus...

Also, the transport minister, M.R. Vijayabhaskar on Monday inspected the operations of the department.

17 Oct 2017 1:47 AM IST

Students from IIT Madras join hands with Art of Living volunteers to clean a pond in the city. (Photo: DC)

Pond cleaning initiatives set to produce good results in Chennai

The plastic waste from the pond was segregated and will be shredded and used for laying roads.

17 Oct 2017 1:43 AM IST

After the Blue Whale Challenge became controversial and the unnatural deaths of some youngsters in the state are being linked to it, the students who played it are really scared to admit it.

Blue Whale's online clone on the prowl, warns Pollachi youth

The poster read: Robo-Walky' a dangerous online game similar to Blue Whale' that killed many children.

17 Oct 2017 1:36 AM IST

Dinesh Karthik (Left), who is making a return to the 50-overs side for the ODIs against New Zealand after having last played in the series against West Indies in the Caribbean a few months ago, said he was happy to be back and hoped to do well if he got the opportunity.(Photo: AFP)

Proud to be a part of current Virat Kohli-led Team India, says Dinesh...

Dinesh Karthik has been selected for India's upcoming ODI series at home against New Zealand.

16 Oct 2017 9:28 PM IST

Keezhadi excavation site (DC: file Photo)

Tamil Nadu: Government mulls museum at Keezhadi

Arts & Culture min Pandiarajan determined to make site unique.

16 Oct 2017 10:07 AM IST

Fireworks manufacturers associations lament that there is no taxation on Chinese fireworks which are dominant in the fireworks market now.

Tamil Nadu: Fireworks makers in quandary as crates return

Even today, more than 100 containers of crackers sent to the north have returned to Chennai.

16 Oct 2017 10:02 AM IST

Hill train lovers called for more trips on the racked Coonoor-Mettupalayam sector of the NMR and re-introduction of coal-fired steam locomotives (Representational Image)

Ooty celebratres Nilgiris Mountain Railway Day

Railways should come forward to re-introduce the coal-powered steam locomotive in NMR to maintain its heritage status.

16 Oct 2017 9:50 AM IST

Sundar said that he did not get to know about the result the same day nor was there any observation from those at NCA. (Photo: Twitter/ BCCI)

Tamil Nadu all-rounder Washington Sundar hopeful of clearing Yo-Yo...

Sundar had flunked the Yo-Yo test at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

16 Oct 2017 9:03 AM IST

Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Chennai airport needs parallel runway: Ashok Gajapathi Raju

The aviation sector, he said, was a Government of India subject, but land is a state government subject.

16 Oct 2017 9:01 AM IST